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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill
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    Robert Frost
    “The best way out is always through.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: feelings, persistence, problems
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    Tom Hiddleston
    “You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.”
    ― Tom Hiddleston
    tags: dreams, goals, life, mountain, path, perseverance, persistence, tom-hiddleston
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    Thomas A. Edison
    “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
    ― Thomas A. Edison
    tags: common-sense, enterprise, hard-work, inspirational, perseverance, persistence, success, thomas-edison
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    Calvin Coolidge
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
    ― Calvin Coolidge
    tags: attitude, attributed-no-source, determination, persistence
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    Isaac Asimov
    “You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: persistence, writing
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  • #7
    “Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
    ― James A. Michener
    tags: character, perseverance, persistence, tenacity
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  • #8
    Hal Borland
    “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
    ― Hal Borland
    tags: patience, persistence
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    Louis Sachar
    “It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”
    ― Louis Sachar
    tags: incrementalism, persistence
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    Peter F. Drucker
    “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”
    ― Peter F. Drucker
    tags: commitment, persistence, planning, resolve
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  • #11
    Kobayashi Issa
    “O snail
    Climb Mount Fuji
    But slowly, slowly!”
    ― Kobayashi Issa
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    Octavia E. Butler
    “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.”
    ― Octavia Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories
    tags: creative-process, habit, inspiration, persistence, writing
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    Rodolfo Costa
    “Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities.”
    ― Rodolfo Costa, Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes
    tags: action, encouragement, motivation, persistence, success
    142 likes

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    John Steinbeck
    “When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.”
    ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
    tags: creative-process, failure, motivational, persistence, writing
    166 likes

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    Tobias Wolff
    “We are made to persist.
    that's how we find out who we are.”
    ― Tobias Wolff
    tags: persistence, trial
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    Greg Kincaid
    “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.”
    ― Greg Kincaid
    tags: christmas, endurance, inspirational, labor, love, persistence, practice, resilience
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    Robin Sharma
    “Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.”
    ― Robin Sharma, The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
    tags: change, perseverance, persistence
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    Beth Revis
    “I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book.”
    ― Beth Revis
    tags: books, debut-author, first-drafts, inspiration, persistence, publishing, writing
    92 likes

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    Cormac McCarthy
    “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”
    ― Cormac McCarthy, The Road
    tags: attitude, fire, hope, inspirational, persistence
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    T.F. Hodge
    “The sky is not my limit...I am.”
    ― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
    tags: endurance, limits, persistence, quotes, self, sky, strength
    259 likes

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    Henry Ward Beecher
    “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
    ― Henry Ward Beecher
    tags: persistence
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    Sophocles
    “When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.”
    ― Sophocles, Antigone
    tags: effort, failure, perseverance, persistence
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    Steve Chandler
    “Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it.”
    ― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be
    tags: accomplishment, doing, fear, motivation, persistence
    131 likes

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  • #24
    Lao Tzu
    “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”
    ― Lao-Tsze
    tags: discipline, persistence
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  • #25
    “They key of persistence opens all door closed by resistence ”
    ― John Di Lemme
    tags: john-di-lemme, key, persistence, power, struggle
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    Jefferson Smith
    “There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.”
    ― Jefferson Smith, Strange Places
    tags: determination, fantasy, helplessness, hope, persistence, surrender, young-adult
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    Criss Jami
    “The devil's happy when the critics run you off.”
    ― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms
    tags: boldness, certainty, confidence, cowardice, criticism, critics, determination, devil, fear, happiness, happy, judgment, perseverance, persistence, ridicule, satan, scrutiny, standing-your-ground, uplifting
    97 likes

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    Rodolfo Costa
    “It may take little time to get where you want to be, but if you pause and think for a moment, you will notice that you are no longer where you were. Do not stop—keep going.”
    ― Rodolfo Costa, Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes
    tags: action, goals, motivation, persistence, self-determination, success
    45 likes

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  • #29
    Kate Jacobs
    “Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit.”
    ― Kate Jacobs, The Friday Night Knitting Club
    tags: career, georgia, job, knitting, life, passion, persistence, work
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  • #30
    “Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.”
    ― Christopher Pike, Black Blood
    tags: inspirational, joel-drake, persistence
    44 likes



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